Make Teenagers Great Again!
Today my teen sims were discussing neighborhood property values because they didn't have much else to do. Yawn, TS4 teens are essentially the same as adults, but with homework. So I started jotting do...
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> @pinedasgal said:
> Today my teen sims were discussing neighborhood property values because they didn't have much else to do. Yawn, TS4 teens are essentially the same as adults, but with homework. So I started jotting down concepts of what could make them more youthful, lively and enjoyable. These are just a few of my silly whims-- I'm here because I would love to hear your opinions and fun ideas for teens too!
>
> New Activities:
> * Cheerleading
> * Rock band
> * Skateboarding
> * A sport team (Soccer? Or maybe a new sport made by Sims)
> * Simblr social network. Post thoughts/photo/recent event/relationship/achieved whims to Simblr
> * Video game console
>
>
> New Events:
> * Prom
> * Sleepover party
> * Science fair project
> * Standardized tests (for chance of scholarship)
>
>
> New Interactions:
> * Learn to cook with parents
> * Learn to drive with parents (yes in a car, no snark intended)
> * "Tell-off parents" to blow off steam when tense
> * Ask parents for permission to stay out late (answer depends on parent's mood and if teen has completed homework)
> * Sneak out (with a random chance of getting caught)
> * Receive random "Where are you?/Who are you with texts?" from parents with option to lie
> * Hook-up (a more intense make-out, TS2 snog style ;) )
>
>
> New Popularity System:
> A subtle 3-tier ranking (nothing over-the-top like TS3's celebrity system or social groups). Some sims want popularity through whims.
> * +2 Popular (Popularity gains a positive moodlet and an increase in invitations to hang out.)
> * +1 Semi-popular (there has to be a better name for this lol)
> * 0 No ranking (base, hidden)
> * -1 Invisible (negative popularity from no friends, may have negative moodlet depending on sim's traits/aspirations)
>
> Sims become more popular by
> * having popular friends, or A LOT of friends
> * being in a popular GT club
> * being involved in cheerleading/a sport/ a band
> * maxing a skill
> * Simblr posts earning a lot of likes
> * by some random, obscure event
> * attending more parties
>
>
> New Relationships:
> * Have crushes. Sims should get nervous, blush, etc around crush
> * Have role model (an adult sim whom the teen admires, teens has chance of receiving the role-model's traits)
>
>
> Hormones:
> * Acne
> * Mood swings
> * Random whims to do rebellious activities
> * Braces
>
>
> Tweaks:
> * Teens (and child sims) go to school wearing a backpack
> * "Make friends" at school increases relationships, not just meeting new sims
> * "Make friends" will not meet child sims at school
> * Remove discuss property values chat
> * Rename first Mess Around to "Experiment"
> * Remove climax-like animation at the end of Mess Around to make it a tad more PG (this probably doesn't bother anyone else, but the thought that my 13-year-old sis's selfsim could be shaking the bed gives me a headache lol)
> * Return of the curfew ((with a random chance of getting caught, chance starts low and increases throughout night)
>
>
> Ideally, if we had pre-teens some of these would go into this but I don't want to ask for too much considering toddlers=shooting for the moon.
>
> I wanna hear from you though! help me add to the list :D :D :D
The Parenthood game pack came with some of those, but not all of them. I think EA should have focused more on teens, but those are great concepts! I still wonder to this day why EA didn't bring back proms, sleepovers, graduations, and teenager pranks.
> Today my teen sims were discussing neighborhood property values because they didn't have much else to do. Yawn, TS4 teens are essentially the same as adults, but with homework. So I started jotting down concepts of what could make them more youthful, lively and enjoyable. These are just a few of my silly whims-- I'm here because I would love to hear your opinions and fun ideas for teens too!
>
> New Activities:
> * Cheerleading
> * Rock band
> * Skateboarding
> * A sport team (Soccer? Or maybe a new sport made by Sims)
> * Simblr social network. Post thoughts/photo/recent event/relationship/achieved whims to Simblr
> * Video game console
>
>
> New Events:
> * Prom
> * Sleepover party
> * Science fair project
> * Standardized tests (for chance of scholarship)
>
>
> New Interactions:
> * Learn to cook with parents
> * Learn to drive with parents (yes in a car, no snark intended)
> * "Tell-off parents" to blow off steam when tense
> * Ask parents for permission to stay out late (answer depends on parent's mood and if teen has completed homework)
> * Sneak out (with a random chance of getting caught)
> * Receive random "Where are you?/Who are you with texts?" from parents with option to lie
> * Hook-up (a more intense make-out, TS2 snog style ;) )
>
>
> New Popularity System:
> A subtle 3-tier ranking (nothing over-the-top like TS3's celebrity system or social groups). Some sims want popularity through whims.
> * +2 Popular (Popularity gains a positive moodlet and an increase in invitations to hang out.)
> * +1 Semi-popular (there has to be a better name for this lol)
> * 0 No ranking (base, hidden)
> * -1 Invisible (negative popularity from no friends, may have negative moodlet depending on sim's traits/aspirations)
>
> Sims become more popular by
> * having popular friends, or A LOT of friends
> * being in a popular GT club
> * being involved in cheerleading/a sport/ a band
> * maxing a skill
> * Simblr posts earning a lot of likes
> * by some random, obscure event
> * attending more parties
>
>
> New Relationships:
> * Have crushes. Sims should get nervous, blush, etc around crush
> * Have role model (an adult sim whom the teen admires, teens has chance of receiving the role-model's traits)
>
>
> Hormones:
> * Acne
> * Mood swings
> * Random whims to do rebellious activities
> * Braces
>
>
> Tweaks:
> * Teens (and child sims) go to school wearing a backpack
> * "Make friends" at school increases relationships, not just meeting new sims
> * "Make friends" will not meet child sims at school
> * Remove discuss property values chat
> * Rename first Mess Around to "Experiment"
> * Remove climax-like animation at the end of Mess Around to make it a tad more PG (this probably doesn't bother anyone else, but the thought that my 13-year-old sis's selfsim could be shaking the bed gives me a headache lol)
> * Return of the curfew ((with a random chance of getting caught, chance starts low and increases throughout night)
>
>
> Ideally, if we had pre-teens some of these would go into this but I don't want to ask for too much considering toddlers=shooting for the moon.
>
> I wanna hear from you though! help me add to the list :D :D :D
The Parenthood game pack came with some of those, but not all of them. I think EA should have focused more on teens, but those are great concepts! I still wonder to this day why EA didn't bring back proms, sleepovers, graduations, and teenager pranks.
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